[Bruce is well acquainted with the fact that Betty will speak her mind, it's just not usually aimed so pointedly at him. She knows he'll listen to her with far more consideration than he gives anyone else, so she doesn't have to be as strident. Only this Betty apparently doesn't know that.]

I know, [he admits, giving up the pretense and setting his menu down. More than anything, he looks tired, and maybe a little lost.] I know she hasn't given up on me. Sometimes it's all that... gets me through it.

But the first thing I saw when I -- when I woke up that first time, was her in the ICU. I did that. I can't do that to her again. [The agonized certainty in that declaration is indisputable.] I, I tried at first, to contact her a few times, but Ross always traced it and-- There's always collateral damage when he finds me.

[Bruce finally looks up directly at her, meeting her eyes again, sober and starkly lacking self-pity.] I don't get to have what I want. Not without someone else paying the price.